{"id":37789,"date":"2025-02-27T08:20:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=37789"},"modified":"2025-02-27T08:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T08:20:59","slug":"how-joe-mazzulla-reacted-to-pistons-guard-taunting-celtics-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=37789","title":{"rendered":"How Joe Mazzulla Reacted To Pistons Guard Taunting Celtics Bench"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2016386\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-hero__copy-upper\">\n<div class=\"article-hero__default-inner\">\n<h3 class=\"article-hero__subheading h6\">Malik Beasley did his best Shakira impression<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Malik Beasley sure had a good time leading the Detroit Pistons to a 117-97 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night at Little Caesars Arena.<\/p>\n<p>And the Pistons guard didn\u2019t hide his feelings on the court from the Celtics, either.<\/p>\n<p>Beasley, who is the chief competitor to Payton Pritchard for the NBA\u2019s Sixth Man of the Year award, exploded for a team-high 26 points off the bench and added in some showboating for good measure. Beasley treated the Celtics bench to a Shakira show seconds into the fourth quarter when he drained a wide open 3-pointer from the wing. Beasley held his follow through up for several seconds and then gyrated his hips while looking directly at the Boston bench.<\/p>\n<p>The antics from Beasley could have agitated the Celtics, but head coach Joe Mazzulla had the perfect response to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the arena. He\u2019s earned the right to do that,\u201d Mazzulla told reporters, per NBC Sports Boston. \u201cIf you play that way and your team is winning and you feel like you\u2019ve earned that right to do that, that\u2019s your choice. And that\u2019s on us for allowing him to feel that way. The only way we control that is by defending him better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That wasn\u2019t the only time Beasley mocked the Celtics. After drilling a step back 3-pointer over Sam Hauser in the final minute of the third quarter, Beasley did the \u201ctoo small\u201d celebration as he jogged back down the court. Beasley also shook his hips \u2014 this time he directed them toward the crowd \u2014 after knocking down a triple following his own miss late in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The Celtics won\u2019t have another chance to get back at Beasley, at least not in the regular season. 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